by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in Michigan” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Criminology is the 80th most popular major in the country with 10,878 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , criminology graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $34,181 and had an average of $22,903 in loans still to pay off.
Across Michigan, there were 149 criminology graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,159 and $27,000 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 22 criminology graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,121 and $41,673 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in Michigan” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in criminology. That schools that top this list have a program in criminology in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in Michigan”.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Dearborn landed the #1 spot on the list. UM Dearborn is a medium-sized school located in Dearborn, Michigan that handed out 8 masters’s criminology degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Michigan University landed the #2 spot on the list. Eastern Michigan University is a public institution located in Ypsilanti, Michigan. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 14 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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